使用create-from-project作为Maven原型：包括空目录

Question

If I use create-from-project to create an archetype from a Maven project, how can I include empty directories? I want to include a directory like src/main/java even if it is empty.

Answer 1

I have the same problem. I found a solution. After run

mvn archetype:create-from-project

Go to target/generated-sources/archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven archetype-metadata.xml . Then you can add empty directories by defining them in filesets.

<fileSet encoding="UTF-8">
  <directory>src/main/java/application/controller</directory>
</fileSet>

Even you can use package name. When you generate project from template archetype plugin replace given package name.

<fileSet encoding="UTF-8">
  <directory>src/main/java/__packageInPathFormat__/config</directory>
</fileSet>

Then go target/generated-sources/archetype/ and run mvn clean install . Now your archetype template generate defined empty directories.